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As he took the stand in his own defence yesterday in Supreme Court, accused drug importer Eddy Franklyn Filiciana said he believed he was importing around $30,000 into Bermuda - but not in cocaine.
Filiciana has denied importing just over 700 grammes...
DATE: Aug 16, 2002
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A business woman has hit out at inaction over rubble left opposite her guest house which she says is an eyesore for visitors while drug users, derelicts and prostitutes also use the area.
Brenda Spencer, who runs Blue Horizons Guest Houses in South S...
DATE: Aug 16, 2002
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Despite character statements on her behalf and a declaration of her own ambition to save people from drug addiction, a 53-year-old St. David's woman was yesterday given a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for thefts totalling over $400,000 from the...
DATE: Aug 16, 2002
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A Norwegian con man who defrauded a group of Bermuda investors, including his own friends, out of more than $1 million was jailed yesterday for three and a half years.
Vidar Lunoe spent $600,000 of the money he was supposed to be investing in the sto...
DATE: Aug 15, 2002
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Two key officers from the Bermuda Housing Corporation have been sacked from their posts, The Royal Gazette has learned.
General manager Raymonde Dill and property officer Terrence Smith both lost their jobs within the past week following a months-lon...
DATE: Aug 15, 2002
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Lightning last week was to blame for power outages which hit around 800 homes in the St. John's Road area of Spanish Point overnight on Tuesday.
A Belco spokeswoman said problems began at 8.30 p.m. with power being returned by 4.50 a.m. yesterday.
Sh...
DATE: Aug 15, 2002
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Senate Leader Col. David Burch has said Government should not take responsibility for every public woe and said people had to learn to stand on their own two feet.
During a meeting of the Senate yesterday, the Premier's Chief of Staff said it was up ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2002
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The Senate yesterday agreed to grant restaurants a break from paying Customs duty on improvements they make to their premises.
The (Temporary Customs Duty Relief ) Bill 2002, which will cost Customs an average of $400,000 losses in revenue every year...
DATE: Aug 15, 2002
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Questions were raised yesterday over the motivation behind full-page advertisements placed in the local press by Government thanking residents for their support.
UBP Senator Kim Swan said he had some concerns about the advertisements placed by both t...
DATE: Aug 15, 2002
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A man accused of importing cocaine into the Island on December 21 last year had his trial resume in Supreme Court yesterday after it had been adjourned for almost week of legal arguments.
Dutch national Eddy Franklyn Filiciana, 43, has denied the cha...
DATE: Aug 15, 2002
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